From now until December 31st, shoppers can purchase an ornament for various donation amounts to hang on the Giving Tree in our shop window—filling the tree with signs of community compassion for homeless and abandoned cats and kittens.

All funds raised will support CC4C’s cat hospital in Clayton, which provides needed spay/neuter surgeries to help prevent cat overpopulation in our county. It also provides routine and emergency medical treatment and surgeries necessary to heal ill and injured street cats, and sick kittens.

Donors can also contribute to CC4C by visiting our How to Donate page.

So far this year, CC4C has spayed, neutered and treated over 2700 cats and kittens, and found homes for 400 cats and kittens. The hospital is currently open 4 days a week, and we are working to expand to five days a week when our fundraising goals are met.

Come visit our store at 1270-I Newell in Walnut Creek now through December 31st. Our beautiful shop is full of all things Christmas along with many other upscale home accessories, china, crystal, art, clothes, books, and much more. And Merry Christmas!

Fundraising Dinner in Berkeley

Sunday, May 20, 2018
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Sanctuary Bistro

Join us in downtown Berkeley for a fundraising dinner to benefit Community Concern for Cats – one night only.

Sanctuary Bistro is a neighborhood plant-based, vegan, gluten-free restaurant located in downtown Berkeley. It is a beautiful space to find peace while enjoying local organic healthy vegan food with a farm to table philosophy. The Bistro is a warm place to enjoy with loved ones, family, and friends.

Call (510) 558.3381 to reserve your table for May 20 in support of CC4C

Find the special Facebook fundraising campaign entry with the photo of “Sparkle” (the orange tabby kitten shown above)

Click the white Donate button under the photo of Sparkle to make your tax-deductible donation

Post a photo of your cat in the comments – one photo per donation, please

The photo that gets the most likes will be our next profile photo for the month of May and beyond!

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Sun, 08 Apr 2018 00:01:14 +0000http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/?p=10353Continue reading →]]>Here is a list of our current and upcoming new fundraisers:

Facebook Photo Contest Fundraiser on April 1 – 30, 2018

On April 1-30, 2018 Community Concern for Cats is running a photo contest and fundraiser on our Facebook page. To enter the contest, look for the post below posted on our Facebook page and upload your favorite cat photo in the “Comments area,” while donating through the post by clicking the “Donate” button. The photo that gets the most likes will be our next profile photo for the month of May and in upcoming months as well. The contest runs April 1-30. One photo per donation please. Your donation is tax deductible.

Dinner Fundraiser on May 20th at Sanctuary Bistro in Berkeley, CA

On May 20, 2018, Sanctuary Bistro, a neighborhood plant-based, vegan, gluten-free restaurant located in downtown Berkeley, will be hosting a dinner fundraiser starting at 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm for Community Concern for Cats — for one night only. You can make a reservation for the night to support CC4C by calling (510) 558.3381.

Sanctuary Bistro is a beautiful space to find peace while enjoying local, organic, healthy vegan food with a farm to table philosophy. The Bistro is a warm, inviting location to enjoy with loved ones, family and friends.

The restaurant is located at: 1019 Camelia St., Berkeley, CA 94710. To make a reservation, please call (510) 558.3381. Visit their website at www.sanctuarybistro.com.

Envelopes for donations will be available at the restaurant.

Pub Trivia Night at Calicraft Brewery on May 29th in Walnut Creek, CA

On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, Calicraft Brewery and Taproom is hosting a fundraiser for CC4C for their Tuesday trivia night from 7 to 9 pm. Everyone is welcome to come support CC4C on Tuesday, May 29th!

The Walnut Creek Calicraft Taproom is located at 2700 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598. Visit the website for more information at www.calicraft.com.

]]>Proposed New Pet Rescue Bill in CA – Making Mouth-to-Snout Resuscitation Legal for First Respondershttp://www.communityconcernforcats.org/2018/02/proposed-new-pet-rescue-bill-in-ca-making-mouth-to-snout-resuscitation-legal-for-first-responders/
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:37:34 +0000http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/?p=10218Continue reading →]]>An important new bill was recently proposed by Senator Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) in California, SB 1305, which would make it legal for first responders to give mouth-to-snout resuscitation to animals during rescue efforts. SB 1305 is co-authored by Assembly members Catharine Baker, R-Dublin; Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside; Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco; and Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga.

Mouth-to-Snout Resuscitation Would be Legal Under New Pet Rescue Bill

SACRAMENTO – First responders would be able to apply mouth-to-snout emergency care for Fido, Sparky, Fifi, Tigger, or Rover – or any dog or cat under duress – without fear that their heroic efforts would be met with legal action under a bill Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) introduced in February 2018.

Under the bill, SB 1305, neither first responders nor their employers would be liable for civil damages or criminal prosecution if they provided pre-veterinary emergency care to an injured dog or cat at the scene of an emergency. Waiting until the pets are taken to a veterinary care facility could be the difference between life and death.

“Any first responder who puts mouth to snout to save a poor pooch’s or kitty’s life deserves only high praise and encouragement,” Glazer said. “Our pets are so important to us, that we all would appreciate any effort to save them in an emergency. We should reward, not punish, those who protect our pets.”

Veterinarian Jay Kerr, who came to Sen. Glazer with the bill idea, said that, with this bill, “pets are more likely to receive the critical emergency medical services that might allow them to reach the veterinarian for whatever care they require.”

And, as a director on the San Ramon Valley Fire District Board, Kerr said he knows “that most first responders WANT to provide Emergency Medical Services to the dogs and cats they encounter in emergencies. This legislation will allow them to provide these services legally!”

It is currently unlawful for any person to practice veterinary medicine in California unless they are a licensed veterinarian. Firefighters and paramedics are not permitted to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats that are rescued from house fires or other emergencies.

Any person who violates the current law is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 to $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

Because first responders are hesitant to provide assistance due to liability for civil damages, criminal prosecution, or professional disciplinary action, this bill is necessary to protect our good Samaritans.

The bill, however, does not require first responders to treat animals. If emergency medical services providers choose to provide medical stabilization to a dog or cat, they can administer services like opening and manually maintaining an airway, giving mouth-to-snout or mouth-to-barrier ventilation, managing ventilation by mask, controlling hemorrhage with direct pressure, immobilizing fractures, bandaging, and administrating naloxone hydrochloride, a drug that gets used often for our police K-9 dogs.

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]]>Community Concern For Cats’ Valentine Cat Sale — Weekend Feb. 10-11, 2018http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/2018/02/community-concern-for-cats-valentine-cat-sale-weekend-feb-10-11-2018/
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 23:32:10 +0000http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/?p=10147Continue reading →]]>Save $25 on adoption fees and find your perfect cat at the Community Concern for Cats’ Valentine Party this weekend, February 10-11, from 1 – 4 pm, at our three adoption sites in Lafayette, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. It’s a great time to put a little more love in your life!

CC4C’s adoption fee includes spaying or neutering, vaccinations, deworming, flea treatment, leukemia testing, microchipping and lifetime advice. “This is quite a bargain, considering you can’t even get a cat fixed for our price at most veterinary practices, much less get all the additional treatments,” said Gemma Osendorf-Boyd, CC4C president.

Discounted fees this weekend are $100 for a kitten, and $75 for a cat over one year old. In addition, there is also a $25 discount for the second cat.

Remember, adopting two cats together is always encouraged because cats like to have a buddy when you’re not around.

Fosters will be showing the cats and kittens they have cared for in their homes, and can tell you all about them at Pet Food Express in Lafayette at 3610 Mount Diablo Boulevard; Pleasant Hill at 2158 Contra Costa Boulevard, and Petco at 1301 S. California Boulevard in Walnut Creek.

Bring the whole family to make your Valentine cat selection to be sure everyone is happy with the adoption. Enjoy our decorated cages and have a Valentine cookie or two!

To preview some of our adorable, adoptable cats, go to communityconcernforcats.organd click on any photo to get more info on the cat and where each will be shown.

From now until December 24, shoppers may purchase an ornament at various donation amounts to hang in the window, filling the tree with signs of community compassion for homeless and abandoned cats and kittens. Rescued Treasures is located at 1270 Newell Avenue in the San Miguel shopping center.

Community Concern for Cats’ hospital/clinic, providing veterinary care for homeless and abandoned street cats helped this little one who had contracted tendon syndrome where the feet curl up. Dr. Josie, DVM, splinted both his back feet and legs and now he is perfect.

Donations to this third-annual Giving Tree have special importance this year. All funds raised will support CC4C’s recently-opened cat hospital in Clayton, providing spay/neuter surgery to help control the feral and homeless cat population in the county, as well as the routine and emergency medical treatment and surgeries needed to heal injured and ill cats rescued from the streets.

CC4C hopes to raise $9000 through this year’s Giving Tree, doubling the $4500 raised through the 2016 Tree. “This larger goal points to the magnitude of the costs involved in supplying and running our wonderful new clinic,” says CC4C President Gemma Osendorf. “We invite people to come to Rescued Treasures, select a kitty ornament and write their or their cat’s name on it — then see it hung on our window tree. Donors can also contribute through our Facebook page and our website, but that’s not as fun as experiencing our store’s bountiful displays of Christmas items, decor and special holiday apparel.”

So far this year, CC4C has neutered 2300 and found homes for 600 cats and kittens. The clinic is currently open only 3 days a week, performing 25-30 spay/neuter surgeries a day. The group hopes to expand to a fourth day when its various fundraising goals are met.

CC4C is participating in #GivingTuesday tomorrow on our Facebook page!

In honor of Giving Tuesday, Facebook and The Gates Foundation will match up to $50,000 per nonprofit on Facebook and $1,000 per fundraiser or donate button on Facebook! So now is a great time to donate to CC4C! Your donation will be matched!

Giving Tuesday Fundraising Campaign

Our fundraising campaign will launch at precisely 8:55 PM tonight (Monday, Nov. 27, 2017) PST. You will be able to see our campaign on CC4C’s Facebook page. It will run all day Tuesday, Nov. 28th until 11:59PM Hawaii UTC (or Wednesday 1:59 AM California time). You can DONATE to CC4C on our FACEBOOK page. Just see our campaign called Community Concern For Cats Hospital Campaign. Our goal is to raise $78,000 for our hospital, so we can add one more life-saving day for cats per week to our hospital schedule for 2018.

You can also SHARE our campaign on your personal Facebook page! All you need to do is — Go to CC4C’s Facebook page, see our campaign, and click on DONATE to donate money; then click on SHARE to “share” our campaign with your Facebook friends and family on your newsfeed; and you can also CREATE your own fundraiser that links to Community Concern for Cats (pick us in the dropdown list) on your personal Facebook page, in support of our campaign. That’s $1000 on Giving Tuesday for us!

About CC4C’s Hospital Campaign on Facebook

Community Concern For Cats (CC4C) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 nonprofit cat rescue organization in Contra Costa County, CA. We have cared for the innocent homeless and abandoned cats and kittens of the county for over 31 years now. In May, we proudly purchased a cat veterinary hospital to provide high quality, low cost spay and neuter, viral testing, vaccines, diagnostics, needed surgeries, emergency care, and general health care for the cats we rescue and to provide a low-cost medical care option for the homeless cats in our community.

Our hospital is currently only able to be open 3 days per week, with volunteer support. Already at our hospital, we have operated on and repaired broken legs, performed surgery on severely injured tails, removed ears full of skin cancer, removed acute kidney stones, removed eyes that were damaged beyond repair, and treated badly infected abscesses — on cats that were suffering and who desperately needing life-saving and immediate care.

Our goal today is to raise $78,000 to support adding one more day per week that our hospital can be open to help cats in need. We need your help more than ever to provide more life-saving and critical health care for cats. Help us get to our goal of opening our cat hospital one more day per week, to provide cats with needed care.

Please help us help the cats of Contra Costa County!Donate on Giving Tuesday, November 28th!

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]]>CC4C Participates in Walnut Creek’s 2017 Festival Twilight Parade – Winning 1st Place for Best Non-Profithttp://www.communityconcernforcats.org/2017/09/cc4c-participates-in-walnut-creeks-2017-festival-twilight-parade-winning-1st-place-for-best-non-profit/
Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:15:02 +0000http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/?p=9655Continue reading →]]>Community Concern for Cats’ participated again this year in Walnut Creek’s 81st annual Walnut Festival at the Twilight Parade, and took top prize for best non-profit! CC4C members, volunteers, and member’s friends and family joined together to proudly march down Main Street accompanied by a pink Cadillac decorated as a cat (our Cat-illac!), with members carrying signs promoting CC4C’s work in helping homeless, stray and feral cats in the community, including spaying and neutering, fostering, holding cat adoptions, and helping thousands of homeless cats in need across Contra Costa County’s 19 cities.

The parade took place on Saturday, September 16, 2017, down Main Street, from Mt. Diablo Boulevard to Civic Drive, and ending at Civic Park. Thanks to all of our participants who supported us and walked with us!

We have an announcement to make!

On May 1, 2017, a long-held dream and vision was realized for Community Concern for Cats. We finally were able to purchase our own veterinary clinic to manage the medical care, spay and neuter, and treatment of the cats we rescue.

In recent years, the medical care of our rescue cats had become increasingly more expensive, with fewer and fewer veterinary hospitals willing to give us affordable, reduced rates for our rescues, and many not willing to offer us any discounts altogether—as a result, our monthly medical care costs have been steadily increasing using outside veterinarians in our county. It became clear to us that having our own veterinary clinic was the most viable and affordable option in the long run, to meet our needs.

When the Cat Hospital of Clayton went up for sale in April 2017, it was an opportunity too good to pass up. The hospital was perfect for us — it was located in our county, provided a turn-key clinic including equipment and the build-out we needed for cat medical care, and was fairly convenient and central for most members. Plus, the purchase of the hospital would further the work of CC4C in providing quality low cost spay and neuter, viral testing, vaccines, diagnostics, needed surgeries and general health care to the homeless and feral cats of Contra Costa County and eventually, to the foster cats in our care, and the public’s rescue cats.

In mid June, we opened the hospital to members and their rescues for 1-2 days a week. We will gradually increase our number of days as our funds allow and as our funds increase. We have (3) part-time Veterinarians on board, (1) registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), (2) Veterinary Assistants and an Office Manager, but we are looking for and need volunteers who are willing to commit 2-4 days a month to working our clinic. Without regular volunteers we cannot support the number of cats that currently need help. So please, if you’re interested, contact us!

Our new hospital is located at 5435 Clayton Road, Suite I, Clayton, CA. Our hospital is not open to the public at this time.

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Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:44:26 +0000http://www.communityconcernforcats.org/?p=9238Continue reading →]]>In May, CC4C attended ARF’s Animals on Broadway in Walnut Creek. This year was a great opportunity for our members to talk with the public about how we can work together to help homeless cats and kittens in our neighborhoods.

It was wonderful that many visitors to our booth signed up to foster kittens, and to help us in other ways. We were really pleased since this season has been one of the busiest kitten seasons ever. And to top it off, our raffle ticket sales were bigger than ever!

Our sweetest 8-week-old kitten ambassadors charmed everyone who visited, but unfortunately none went home to new adopters. Our kittens truly worked wonders at doing what they do best—making you feel like you are the most important person in the world!

Rick Ballardo of Newark is the winner of CC4C’s $450 cat-themed prizes at the drawing at ARF’s Animals on Broadway. He holds the Intelligent Litter Box.

A great big hug of thanks goes to Pet Food Express which allowed us to pick out what we wanted for our kitten-themed raffle prize. The winner of this year’s prize including a cat tower, Intelligent Litter Box, drinking fountain, and umpteen toys and other things valued at $450 — was Theresa and Rick Ballardo of Newark who have four cats that surely will enjoy the prizes.

Our second grand-prize came to us from the award-winning artist Linda J. Casey, who created a neon-bright quilt that featured purple dogs, multi-sized balls, and dog bones in a rainbow of colors. Every inch of the quilt was covered in stitching! It was beautiful! Meera and Anthony Attride of Concord were the lucky winners of the quilt.

Please visit us and see our kittens and cats at our three adoption sites on the weekends. Our cats are all fostered in our homes, so we know their personalities and temperaments very well and we can help you select the right cat for your lifestyle.

CC4C’s hours are 1-4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays at PETCO in Walnut Creek on California Avenue; Pet Food Express in Lafayette on Mt. Diablo Boulevard; and on Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill.